Though a native of the Windy City, Tom Fergus played his Junior hockey in Canada with the Peterborough Petes then joined the Boston Bruins for the 1981-82 season.

Fergus stepped right into the Bruins lineup and scored 15 goals as a rookie. The following year he showed marked improvement with 28 goals and 63 points. Fergus, in just two years had developed into the second line center the Bruins needed to compliment first liner Barry Pederson. In 1984-85 Fergus hit the 30-goal plateau while notching a career-best 73 points.

The best numbers of his career didn't stop him from getting traded however. On the eve of the 1985-86 campaign the Bruins shipped the skilled center to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Bill Derlago.

In Toronto Fergus became the team's top pivot and he responded with a career-high 31 goals and matched his previous seasons output of 73 points. However, the next year didn't go as smoothly. Fergus was held to just 49 points in an injury-shortened 57 games. The next year he had just 50 points for the struggling Leafs and fellow Chicago native Ed Olcyzk took over the first line duties. Now a second line center, Fergus bounced back with 67 points, and a personal best 45 assists in 80 games during the 1988-89 campaign. But his resurgence was short lived and the injury bug came back with a vengeance the following year.

Fergus played just 14 games for the Maple Leafs in 1990-91 and when he scored just four points through 11 games the next season, the Toronto brass had seen enough. They placed Fergus on waivers where he was claimed by the Vancouver Canucks.

Fergus was able to contribute for Vancouver with 34 points in 44 games to finish out that year, but the next year his scoring slipped and he managed just five goals and 14 points through 36 games. It signalled the end of his big league career.

But Fergus continued to play. He signed on with Zug of the Swiss league and spent his final two campaigns there before hanging up his skates for good in 1995.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1978-79

St. George Lions

OHA-B

22

21

20

41

1979-80

Peterborough Petes

OMJHL

63

8

6

14

14

14

1

5

6

6

1979-80

Peterborough Petes

M-Cup

5

1

0

1

4

1980-81

Peterborough Petes

OMJHL

63

43

45

88

33

5

1

4

5

2

1981-82

Boston Bruins

NHL

61

15

24

39

12

+15

6

3

0

3

0

1982-83

Boston Bruins

NHL

80

28

35

63

39

+26

15

2

2

4

15

1983-84

Boston Bruins

NHL

69

25

36

61

12

+8

3

2

0

2

9

1984-85

Boston Bruins

NHL

79

30

43

73

75

+14

5

0

0

0

4

1984-85

United States

WEC-A

8

4

2

6

14

1985-86

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

78

31

42

73

64

-24

10

5

7

12

6

1986-87

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

57

21

28

49

57

+1

2

0

1

1

2

1986-87

Newmarket Saints

AHL

1

0

1

1

0

1987-88

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

63

19

31

50

81

+5

6

2

3

5

2

1988-89

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

80

22

45

67

48

-38

1989-90

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

54

19

26

45

62

-18

5

2

1

3

4

1990-91

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

14

5

4

9

8

-5

1991-92

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

11

1

3

4

4

-11

1991-92

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

44

14

20

34

17

+1

13

5

3

8

6

1992-93

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

36

5

9

14

20

+1

1993-94

EV Zug

Swiss

32

21

29

50

104

1994-95

EV Zug

Swiss

22

12

12

24

56

12

3

10

13

16

NHL Totals

726

235

346

581

499

65

21

17

38

48

Traded to Toronto by Boston for Bill Derlago, October 11, 1985. Missed majority of 1990-91 due to abdominal muscle injury originally vs. St. Louis, February 6, 1990. Traded to Vancouver by Toronto for cash, December 18, 1991.